Commentary: Quality Improvement Projects: How Do We Protect Patients' Rights?

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-27

  Diamond, Louis H ^a,i   Kliger, Alan S ^b,c,d   Goldman, Richard S ^e,f   Palevsky, Paul M ^g,h  

^a Medstat   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^d ESRD Forum   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^f Renal Medicine Associates   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h ESRD Forum Board of Directors   (United States)

ⁱ MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Clinical practice; Clinical research; Informed consent; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIVACY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0742304599     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106286060401900105     Document Type: Review

References (2)

1. Office for Human Research Protections. Activities Under the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network [compliance letter from Kristina Borror]. April 4, 2002.
2. Department of Veterans Affairs. Undersecretary for Health's information letter: ethical conduct of quality improvement activities in VHA [1 screen]. Available at: http://www.va.gov/publ/ direc/health/infolet/10200211.pdf. Accessed November 15, 2002.